Billfold with secret pocket



March 21, 1939. T. M. sl-:GAL

BILLF'OLD WITH SECRET POCKETV 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed oct. 19, 1938ATTORNEY MarchKZl, 1939. T M SEGAL' BILLF'OLD WITH SECRET POCKET FiledOct. 19, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Arr'oRNEY Cal Patented Mar. 2l, 1939UNITED STATES PA'liiNTl OFFICE 'I BILLFOLD WITH 'SECRET POCKET TheodoreM. Segal, Newl York, N. Y.

Application October 19, 1938, Serial No. 235,735

6 Claims.

One object of this invention is to provide a bill fold having a noveland improved, simple and accessible secret or normally invisible pocket,in which bills of large denomination or important papers may beconcealed from view during normal use`of the bill fold, but which can beconzeniently and quickly opened for access toits con- Another object isto provide such a bill fold in which the secret bill receiving vpocketshall be separable or removable from the main portion or the body of thebill fold for easy and quick insertion of bills or papers in the pocket.

A further object is to provide a bill fold with a secret pocket of thegeneral character described which shall embody novel and improvedfeatures of construction whereby the' contents of the secret pocket canbe easily and quickly removed without,y

removal of the pocket from the bill fold and Without exposing thecontents of the secret pocket.

Another object is to provide such a bill fold wherein a slit or openingshall be provided for access to the contents of the secret pocket, andsaid'slit or opening shall be normally entirely covered and concealed byother portions of the bill fold.

Other objects, advantages and results of the invention will be broughtout by the following de? scription when read in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a billfold embodying my invention showing the bill fold completely unfolded.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the bill fold partially unfolded. K

Figure .4 is va transverse sectional view on the line 4--4 of Figure 3,and

Figure 5 is a detached perspective view of the secret pocket.

Specically describing the invention, thebill fold comprises a main bodyI which is shown as consisting of a single piece of leather or the likehaving its end portions folded and returned as at 2 and 3, the returnedportion 2 being secured to and overlying another strip of leather 4orlike material l to form a card receiving pocket.. The end portion 3cooperates with a :flap 5 to form an auxiliary case for identificationcards and the like, separable fastener elements Asuch as heads andsockets 6 and 1 being provided for separably connecting the portion 3 tothe flap 5.

In accordance with the invention, the bill fold includes a removable orseparable bill receiving pocket A which is shown as formed of asinglepiece of leather folded upon itself, with the layers of the foldstitched together at one end as at 8, the pocket thereby being openalong one longitudinal edge and at one end, the other longitu- 5 dinaledge constituting the fold 9. An integral closure ap Ill is provided forclosing the opening along the longitudinal edge. The end of one layer ofthe fold extends beyond the corresponding end of the other layer as atII. With this 10 construction, it will be observed that with the pocketremoved from the bill fold as shown in Figure 5, the layers of the foldmay be separated and bills or other papers B can be easily, quicklyinserted into the pocket.

The main body has means for separably or removably securing the pocket Ato the main body; holding the closure iiap I0 closed and permittingaccess to the open end of the pocket.

As shown, two sockets C and D are secured on one side of the main body Iin spaced relation longitudinally of the body and with their open endsfacing each other. One socket C is shown as comprising two layers I2 and4 of leather or other suitable material which are secured together v atone end and to one longitudinal edge of the main body portion asindicated at I 5. The opposite longitudinal edges of the layers I2 and 4are secured together but not directly .to the body I. 'I'heother socketD is shown as comprising two 30 layers of material I6 and I'I which aresecured together at one end and to the body I as by stitches I8 andalong one longitudinal edge of the body as at I9. The oppositelongitudinal edges of the layers I6 and I'I are secured Vtogether butnot di- 35 rectly to the body I.

In assembling the secret pocket A on the main body I, one end of thesecret pocket is inserted into one of the sockets, for example the lefthand socket C in Figure 2, while the other end of the 40 secret pocketis inserted into the other socket D at the right hand side of Figure 2,with the closure flap I0 closed and at the sides of the sockets'oppositethose connected to the body I. For limiting the insertion of the secretpocket into the left hand socket C of Figure 2, a line of stitches 20may be provided connecting the two layers I2 and I 3. To permit accessto the secret pocket for removal of its contents while it is connectedto the main body, the outer Wall I1 of the right 50 handsocket. D inFigure 2 has a slit or opening 2| in register with the open end of thepocket A.

With this construction, it will be seen that the secret pocket A can beeasily and quickly removed from the mam body l for insercion of buis orthe likeintothepocket, andcanbeeasilyand quicklyconnectedtothemainwiththeopenend ofthepocket-freely accessible forremovaloi'thecontentsofthepocket. Whenthe.pocketisconnectedtothemain/body,theclosureilap llis helacledbytiiemetampocketbemg' connectedtothem'ainbodyonlybrythesockets,v-andthesocketsbeingconnectedtothemainbody on the outer wall I1 of thecorresponding socket by securing to said wall 'a layer 22 of leather orthe like with one end 23 oi' said layer free-and adapted to overlie -theslit or opening 2|; If desired, an identiilcation card holder orenvelope 2l having transparent walls may be vhingedly connected at oneend lto the wall I1', as at 25, so as to be inclosed in the auxiliarycase.

Many changes in the details of construction and combinations of otherpockets, flaps and the like, will occur to those skilled in the art asbeing within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what claim. is:

1. A bill fold comprising a main body foldable upon itself, and a billreceiving pocket open along.

one longitudinal edgeand one end and having a closure flap for ,saidlongitudinal opening, and means separately securing said pocket at itsends on one side of said body, holding said closure iiap closed andpermitting access to said open end for removal of the contents of saidpocket.

2. A bill fold comprising a main body foldable upon itself, and a billreceiving pocket open along one longitudinal edge and one end and havinga closure iiap for said longitudinal opening, and

means on said .body for separably receiving and holding the ends of saidpocket to removably moimt the .pocket on said body, said means having aslit registering with said open end of the pocket for removal of thecontents of the pocket.

3. A bill fold comprising a main body foldable upon itself, and a billreceiving pocket opal along y one longitudinal edge and one end andhaving a closure flap for said longitudinal opening, and means on saidbody i'or separably receiving and holding the ends of said pocket toremovably mount the pocket on said body, said means havto and spacedlongitudinally of one side of said body with their open ends facing eachother,l a bill receiving pocket open at one end and having one endseparably ttd into each of said sockets for separably securing'saidpocket on said body, oneof said sockets having a slit registering withthe open end of said 'pocket for removal of the contents of the pocket.

5. The bill fold set forth in claim 4 wherein said bill receiving ket isalsoopen along one longitudinal edge .and has a closure iiap for.permitting bills to be inserted into said pocket easily when the pocketis separated from said body, and said closure ap is held in closedposition by said sockets when the pocket is secured on said body.

6.l The bill fold set forth in claim 4 wherein said sockets'areconnected to said body at their ends opposite the openings of thesockets and along. one longitudinal edge of said body and said 'bnlreceiving pocket 1s connected to said Vbody only by said pockets,whereby a second bill receiving pocket is formed between said body, saidsockets and the rst bill receiving pocket.l

THEODORE M. SEGAL.

